50 things to do in London in 2014

Welcome to 2014. It's gonna be awesome! Our critics have chosen the best London events, theatre, films, music, restaurant openings, exhibitions, dance, comedy and club nights to look forward to over the coming year to help you make the most of London in 2014

50 things to do in London in 2014

50 things to do in London in 2014

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Inside Llewyn Davis

Cinemas Londonwide, from Fri Jan 24

The Coen Brothers' 60s-set drama is about a folk artist who is not quite Dylan; down-beat leading man Oscar Isaac is a revelation, chasing cats and stardom with similar ineptitude; the ending will wrench your heart.

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12 Years a Slave

Cinemas Londonwide, from Fri Jan 10

Steve McQueen's searing take on slavery (based on Solomon Northup's 1853 autobiography) has been shaking up audiences since its unveiling at the Telluride festival. If it doesn't win at least one Oscar, its many fans will want to know why.

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Beyoncé

O2 Arena, Feb 28-Mar 4

It’s almost a year since she last brought her live show to London and,
feminists be damned, Jay-Z’s wife is still calling it the Mrs Carter Tour.
Her mix of showboating ballads and sonically daring dance numbers will
dazzle.

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Seth Troxler Goes Clubbing

Fabric, Sat Feb 15 and then quarterly

DJ and international man-of-mystery Seth Troxler – a veteran of the Ibiza and Berlin club scenes – is returning to Farringdon nightspot Fabric. The quarterly residency, which begins on Saturday February 15, complements similar regular spots throughout 2014 at Circo Loco in Ibiza, Trouw in Amsterdam and Ouput in New York, clubs which he says have been integral to his career.

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We Are FSTVL

Damyns Hall Aerodrome, May 24-25

After a storming debut onto the arguably overcrowded festival scene last year, We Are FSTVL returns with an absolutely storming line-up. The two-day event in Upminster features chart toppers Disclosure (pictured), Fatboy Slim and Duke Dumont, as well as electronic music heavyweights such as Richie Hawtin, Jamie Jones and Ricardo Villalobos. Alongside the big names there’s also a host of established and emerging artists across the dance music spectrum. Well worth the trip up the district line.

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Under the Skin

Cinemas Londonwide, from Fri Mar 14

Cult British director Jonathan Glazer (Birth) presents modern-day Scotland through a glass darkly, with Scarlett Johansson on perfect form as a blood-sucking space alien purging the world of its lost souls.

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Eats Everything Residency

XOYO, from Sat Jan 11

The Shoreditch venue is introducing a series of residencies, with four DJs playing 12 consecutive Saturdays throughout 2014. Bristol’s wobbly bass merchant Eats Everything is the first to take-up the mantle, kicking off his run with an all-night long set on January 11. Across his other 11 nights he’ll also be joined by friends including Radio 1’s Heidi, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Brighton’s Maxxi Soundsystem. Look out for the announcement of the three other residents across the year, guaranteed to be big names.

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The Monuments Men

Cinemas Londonwide, from Fri Feb 14

The title's a bit of a tongue twister, but there's a lot of buzz about George Clooney's Second World War drama (which he co-wrote as well as directed); he and Matt Damon play two lieutenants leading a mission to protect great works of art from the Nazis.

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Fischer’s

50 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HN

The unbeatable team of Corbin & King (pictured), the pair behind The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Colbert, bring a restaurant ‘evocative of early 20th century Vienna’ to the site that was most recently Cotidie.